Sterling Agriculture

Disasters prompt resources for local farmers

Assistance available for drought, wildfire losses

The Farm Service Agency has announced resources available to northeast Colorado farmers due to recent disasters.

Four Colorado counties — Baca, Elbert, Lincoln and Weld — were designated in April as primary natural disasters due to drought. Contiguous counties include Logan, Washington and Morgan.

The designation makes all family-sized farm operators in both primary and contiguous counties eligible to be considered for low-interest emergency loans from the Farm Service Agency, provided eligibility requirements are met. FSA will consider each loan application on its own merits, taking into account the extent of losses, security available and repayment ability.

The final date to apply for this assistance is Oct. 23, 2017.

The FSA also has emergency physical loss loans available in Logan and Phillips counties due to physical damage and losses caused by wildfires and high winds that occurred March 6-9. The emergency loans are available in the primary counties (Logan and Phillips) as well as the contiguous counties of Morgan, Sedgwick, Washington, Weld and Yuma.

The deadline to apply for this assistance is Dec. 4, 2017.

For more information, contact the Logan County Farm Service Agency office at 621 Iris Dr., Sterling, or call 970-522-7440, Ext. 2.

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